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Amellus

Amellus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1759.

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Amellus
Amellus tridactylus in South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Homochrominae
Genus: Amellus
L. 1759, conserved name, not P.Browne 1756 nor Adans. 1763 nor Ortega ex Willd. 18031
Type species
Amellus lychnitis (syn of A. asteroides)

Amellus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1759.23

Amellus is native to southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana).4

Species5
  • Amellus alternifolius Roth - Cape Province
  • Amellus asteroides (L.) Druce - Cape Province
  • Amellus capensis (Walp.) Hutch. - Cape Province
  • Amellus coilopodius DC. - Cape Province
  • Amellus epaleaceus O.Hoffm. - Namibia, Cape Province
  • Amellus flosculosus DC. - Namibia, Cape Province
  • Amellus microglossus DC. - Cape Province; naturalised in Britain
  • Amellus nanus DC. - Namibia, Cape Province
  • Amellus reductus Rommel - Namibia, Botswana
  • Amellus strigosus (Thunb.) Less. - Cape Province
  • Amellus tenuifolius Burm.f. - Cape Province
  • Amellus tridactylus DC. - Cape Province, Free State
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